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Umaine, Egyptian Students To Discuss Iraq Conflict, Susan Young Dec 2002

Umaine, Egyptian Students To Discuss Iraq Conflict, Susan Young

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

To help them gain a better understanding of the causes and potential consequences of a U.S.-Iraq confrontation, a dozen University of Maine students will discuss the issue with their counterparts from the American University in Cairo on Dec. 9, [2002] beginning at 12 p.m. The students will discuss Middle Eastern issues – with a focus on the situation in Iraq – via a livevideoconference hook-up in the Soderberg Center in Jenness Hall. The discussion will also be broadcast to the university’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast.


"The Future Good And Great Of Our Land": Republican Mothers, Female Authors, And Domesticated Literacy In Antebellum New England, Sarah Robbins Dec 2002

"The Future Good And Great Of Our Land": Republican Mothers, Female Authors, And Domesticated Literacy In Antebellum New England, Sarah Robbins

Faculty and Research Publications

In an 1830s review of Lydia Maria Child's Good Wives published in Sarah Hale's Ladies' Magazine, the enthusiastic commentator quoted above sets Child's latest book within a thriving literary culture that values didactic literature. Acknowledging the importance of a genre I call the domestic literacy narrative, the reviewer confidently asserts that "the prevalent rage for reading" promises to promote not only familial but national well-being-promises, that is, if more books like Child's are regularly published to help train women to direct their family's reading and extract from it principles and behaviors consonant with their country's "future good."


Chief For Life: Harold Breier And His Era, Ronald Howard Snyder Dec 2002

Chief For Life: Harold Breier And His Era, Ronald Howard Snyder

Theses and Dissertations

Harold Breier served as Milwaukee's Chief of Police from 1964 until 1984. His tenure occurred during a time of cultural upheaval in the United States, marked by the turmoil of the civil rights movement, the peace movement, and a youth rebellion against traditional societal values and norms. Many people perceived Breier as an opponent of cultural or political change. He was accused of tolerating excessive police force, especially when minority citizens or counterculture youth were involved, and presiding over a racially segregated police department. Others credited him with making Milwaukee one of the safest cities in the country and protecting …


National Tribal Gaming Official To Speak At Umaine, Susan Young Nov 2002

National Tribal Gaming Official To Speak At Umaine, Susan Young

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A proposal by two Maine Indian tribes to build a $650 million casino in the southern part of the state has generated a lot of controversy. Casino advocates say gaming monies will enable the tribes to become self-sufficient while also boosting state revenues. Opponents, on the other hand, say such a facility would lead to increased crime in the area, take employees away from area businesses, and cost the state millions to treat people with gambling addiction problems. Governor Angus King even went so far as to say casinos would take money from the pockets of local people and create …


Ua12/2/1 Back On Their Feet, Wku Student Affairs Nov 2002

Ua12/2/1 Back On Their Feet, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

College Heights Herald magazine about the women's basketball team. Articles include:

  • Moore, Michael. Team Hopes to Win Back Fans, Fame
  • Schoenbaechler, Danny. Without Star, Team Will Count on Scoring by Committee
  • Farner, Keith. Conference Getting Stronger as Lady Toppers Try to Follow Suit
  • Casagrande, Michael. No. 21 Louisiana Tech to Test Lady Toppers Out of Gate
  • Lively, Jay. Her Vertical Takes Her a Half-inch Above the Rim – Tiffany Porter-Talbert
  • Casagrande, Michael. Tiffany Diggins Expected to Step Up After Injury
  • Moore, Michael. Camryn Whitaker’s Absence Leaves Team Wondering
  • Eadens, Adam. Seniors Set Pace for New Season
  • Buckman, Josh. Mary Cowles’ …


Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2002

Ua12/2/1 Then & Now, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

College Heights Herald homecoming magazine with articles:

  • Holm, Hollan. Big Red Evolves from Joke to Icon
  • Hellmueller, Anthony. What’s Happening for Homecoming?
  • Moore, Michael. Refrigerator Bowl Veterans Reunite
  • Farner, Keith. Colonnade Used to Be Place to Watch Pigskin Fly – Stadium
  • Lord, Joseph. 1962 Basketball Player Remembers Living with Coach E.A. Diddle – Bobby Rascoe, Diddle Dorm
  • Schoenbaechler, Danny & Hollan Holm. 1972 Fraternity Brothers Reunite, Relive Days in Sigma Alpha Epsilon House
  • Robinson, Jocelyn. 1983 The Cellar: From Boogie Nights to Study Nights – West Hall
  • Hopkins, Shawntaye. 1994 Potter Hall Provided Location Near Classes
  • Lowther, Clare. 2002 Tailgating …


Great-Grandson Of Richard Wagner To Speak On Anti-Semitism In Germany, Joe Carr Oct 2002

Great-Grandson Of Richard Wagner To Speak On Anti-Semitism In Germany, Joe Carr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The great-grandson of composer Richard Wagner, Gottfried Wagner, co-founder of the Post-Holocaust Generations Dialogue Group, will speak at 7 p.m. in Devino Auditorium, Corbett Business Building. His talk is sponsored by UMaine's School of Performing Arts, and the Departments of History and Modern Languages and Classics.


Assistant Secretary For Aging To Announce Grants At Umaine On Oct. 18 [2002], Joe Carr Oct 2002

Assistant Secretary For Aging To Announce Grants At Umaine On Oct. 18 [2002], Joe Carr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Josefina G. Carbonell, assistant secretary for Aging in the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, will be at the University of Maine on Friday Oct. 18 [2002] to announce three grants to be used for the development of a National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Action Plan. The UMaine Center on Aging, in conjunction with the Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education in Bangor, will receive one of those grants.


Umaine Franco-American Center To Host Meetings With Council For French Life In America, Nick Houtman Oct 2002

Umaine Franco-American Center To Host Meetings With Council For French Life In America, Nick Houtman

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The University of Maine’s Franco-American Center will host meetings October 4 [2002] to promote ties between the Conseil de la Vie Française en Amérique (Council for French Life in America), or CVFA, and Franco-Americans in Maine. At 2 p.m., the Center’s community council will meet at Crossland Hall with the CVFA administrative board, and Franco-Americans from throughout the state will meet with the board during a reception from 4 to 7 p.m.


Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review Oct 2002

Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Charles Melville, Ed. Safavid Persia: The History And Politics Of An Islamic Society, Laina Farhat-Holzman Oct 2002

Charles Melville, Ed. Safavid Persia: The History And Politics Of An Islamic Society, Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Comparative Civilizations Review Oct 2002

Full Issue, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Beatrix Midant-Reynes. The Prehistory Of Egypt: From The First Egyptians To The First Pharoahs, Laurence Grambow Wolf Oct 2002

Beatrix Midant-Reynes. The Prehistory Of Egypt: From The First Egyptians To The First Pharoahs, Laurence Grambow Wolf

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Global Vision Of World History In Contemporary China, Ricardo K. S. Mak Oct 2002

Global Vision Of World History In Contemporary China, Ricardo K. S. Mak

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


From The Editors, Joseph Drew Oct 2002

From The Editors, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Joseph Drew Oct 2002

Editor's Note, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Traditions And Civilizations: Another Approach To Understanding Human History, Walter Benesch, Eduardo Wilner Oct 2002

Traditions And Civilizations: Another Approach To Understanding Human History, Walter Benesch, Eduardo Wilner

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


What Is Living And What Is Dead In Eurocentrism?, Ricardo Duchesne Oct 2002

What Is Living And What Is Dead In Eurocentrism?, Ricardo Duchesne

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


The Civilizational Concept, Matthew Melko Oct 2002

The Civilizational Concept, Matthew Melko

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Globalization Vs. Americanization: Is The World Being Americanized By The Dominance Of American Culture, Yoichi Shimemura Oct 2002

Globalization Vs. Americanization: Is The World Being Americanized By The Dominance Of American Culture, Yoichi Shimemura

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


An Assessment Of Innovative Dating In Recent Studies Of Ancient Civilization, Rosco C. Hinkle Oct 2002

An Assessment Of Innovative Dating In Recent Studies Of Ancient Civilization, Rosco C. Hinkle

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Globalization As A Signal Of The Next Stage In Cultural Evolution, Lee Stauffer Oct 2002

Globalization As A Signal Of The Next Stage In Cultural Evolution, Lee Stauffer

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Fernand Braudel. Civilization And Capitalism, 15th-18th Century. V. 2 The Wheels Of Commerce, Gloria Emeagwali Oct 2002

Fernand Braudel. Civilization And Capitalism, 15th-18th Century. V. 2 The Wheels Of Commerce, Gloria Emeagwali

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


J.G. Macquee The Hittites, George Von-Der-Muhll Oct 2002

J.G. Macquee The Hittites, George Von-Der-Muhll

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


Eiji Hattori. Letters From The Silk Roads: Thinking At The Crossroads Of Civilization., Ashley Souther Oct 2002

Eiji Hattori. Letters From The Silk Roads: Thinking At The Crossroads Of Civilization., Ashley Souther

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


David Keys, Catastrophe: A Quest For The Origins Of The Modern World., Laina Farhat-Holzman Oct 2002

David Keys, Catastrophe: A Quest For The Origins Of The Modern World., Laina Farhat-Holzman

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


John Ruedy (Ed.) Islamism And Secularism In North Africa, Corrine Lathrop Gilb Oct 2002

John Ruedy (Ed.) Islamism And Secularism In North Africa, Corrine Lathrop Gilb

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.


1848 In 1998: The Politics Of Commemoration In Hungary, Romania, And Slovakia, Rogers Brubaker, Margit Feischmidt Sep 2002

1848 In 1998: The Politics Of Commemoration In Hungary, Romania, And Slovakia, Rogers Brubaker, Margit Feischmidt

Rogers Brubaker

No abstract provided.


Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (T-Z), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier Sep 2002

Newspaper Obituaries; Book 1 (T-Z), Afro-American Historical Association Of The Niagara Frontier

Newspaper Obituaries, African Americans from WNY

No abstract provided.


The African American 9/11, James Varner Sep 2002

The African American 9/11, James Varner

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding America learning from the experiences of African Americans when responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.